BURBANK, CA – MARCH 05: Rise Up Foundation Founder Wendy Alane Adams reads to students at the SAG Foundation BookPALS and Rise Up Foundation Kickoff National “Read To Me” Literacy Initiative at Burbank Elementary on March 5, 2015 in Burbank, California. (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images for SAG Foundation)

Contact Us

Rise Up Foundation

Follow Us on Facebook

Our Mission

Founded by Wendy Alane Adams, the Rise Up Foundation strives to improve the lives of children and families living in poverty and difficult circumstances. Rise Up supports literacy projects as a path toward improving the future prospects of children in underserved communities by making book donations, providing classroom support, and grant-making. In addition to literacy efforts, Rise Up works with organizations committed to defining and solving the problems that chronic poverty brings to children and their communities.